The largest single acrylic panel is a window on the Whale Shark Exhibit tank at Hengqin Ocean Kingdom, measuring 39.6 m (129 ft 11.05 in) by 8.3 m (27 ft 2.77 in) and located in Hengqin, Guangdong, China. The Ocean Kingdom, owned by Zhuhai Chimelong Investment and Development Co. Ltd (China), will be officially inaugurated on 28 January 2014.
The largest agate measures 61,090.2 kg (134,680.84 lb) and was verified at an event organized by the Development & Reform Commission of Fuxin Municipal Government in Fuxin City, Liaoning Province, China, on 25 October 2009. The agate measures 22.62 cubic meters(798.82 cubic feet). It is 2.71 m( 8 ft 10.69 in) from top to low, 5.09 m (16 ft 8.39 in) from left to right and 4.69 m (15 ft 4.65 in) from front to back.
The largest amethyst geode measures 3 m (9 ft 10 in) long, 1.8 m (5 ft 10 in) wide, 2.2 m (7 ft 2 in) high and weighs 13 tonnes (28,660 lb). It is displayed in Shandong Tianyu Museum of Natural History (China) in Shandong, China.
The largest anamorphic painting, entitled “The Rhythm of Youth”, measured 2,622.882 m² (28,232 ft² 50.4 in²), was created by Yongchun Yang and Yanting Xu (both China) and was unveiled at Communication University of China, Nanjing in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, on 11 June 2014. The painting measured 374.43 m (1,228 ft 5.31 in) in length, 7.005 m (22 ft 11.79 in) in width.
The largest animated mobile phone mosaic consists of 400 smartphones and was achieved by China Unicom, Sohu IT and HTC (all China), using China Unicom’s WCDMA HSPA+ network, as part of the inaugural China Smart Device Games at the National Olympic Sports Centre in Beijing, China, on 13 July 2013. The record was achieved as part of the inaugural China Smart Device Games. The smartphones used in the mosaic were all HTC Ones, and they played a minute long advert for China Unicom’s 3G services
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In China it is tradition for people to travel home to their families in order to celebrate the winter Lunar New Year. The rapid industrial development of China over the last half century has led to much of its current population, of around 1.3 billion, living in industrial cities far from their rural family homes. The Chunyun travel period, which begins two weeks before the festival, saw 2.26 billion rail journeys taken in China over a 40 day period, as people migrated temporarily from the
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For the first time since automobile mass-production began in the early 1900s, China overtook North America as the world’s biggest car market in 2009, recording 13.6 million sales compared to North America’s tally of 10.4 million sales. The Chinese new car market increased its global lead in 2010 with more than 18 million annual sales compared to North America’s tally of 11.5 million for the same year. At its peak, North America sold 17.344 million cars in calendar year 2000 and in excess of 16
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The largest ball pit has a surface area of 315.6 m² (3397.1 ft²) with an average depth of 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in), containing 1,000,000 balls and was achieved by Kerry Hotel Pudong Shanghai (China), in Shanghai, China on 30 October 2013. The event was to a part of a series of Cancer Awareness Month events at the hotel and was attended by over 300 cancer patients. Pink balls were used in the pool to match the Cancer Awareness Month theme.
The largest Bajiaojin spun is 310 cm (10 ft 2.05 in) in diameter and was achieved by Liu Jiafu (China) on the set of Zheng Da Zong Yi – Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 18 December 2010. The Bajiaojin was 210 cm (6 ft 10.68 in) across. Bajiaojin is a kind of handkerchief with eight corners, used in the singing and dancing in China. It is made of silk or cotton.
The largest bikini parade was achieved by 1,085 participants at an event organized by Huludao Municipal Government (China) in Huludao City, Liaoning, China, on 19 August 2012. 2nd Bikini related record for Huludao, which was held during their annual weekly swimwear festival that promotes business in the area, as well as tourism. One in five sales of swimwear is from a product made in Huludao. The largest bikini bikini parade attempt covered a distance of 1.8km, with participant in the age range of 6 –
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